''Darkness at Noon'' is the second studio album by
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
A Hawk and a Hacksaw is an American folk duo from Albuquerque, New Mexico, currently signed to L.M. Duplication. The band consists of accordionist Jeremy Barnes, who was previously the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel and Bablicon, and violinist ...
, released in 2005 on
The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach now features artists spanning jazz and post-punk.
History
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Track listing
All tracks by Jeremy Barnes
# "Laughter in the Dark" – 7:55
# "The Moon Under Water" – 3:59
# "The Water Under the Moon" – 3:52
# "A Black and White Rainbow" – 4:49
# "For Slavoj" – 4:58
# "Europa" – 3:50
# "Pastelka On the Train" – 3:13
# "Goodbye Great Britain" – 1:34
# "Our Lady of the Vlatva" – 1:36
# "Wicky Pocky" – 5:08
# "
Portland Town" – 5:16
Personnel
*Jeremy Barnes – Percussion, Accordion, Jew's-Harp, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Piano (Grand),
Cumbus, Piano (Upright)
*Dan Clucas – Trumpet, Cornet
*Joseph Garcia –
Oud
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* String instruments
*Necked bowl lutes
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*Kristin Kelly – Vocals
*Heather Trost – Violin, Vocals
Barbara Burgio- Vocals
*Horacio Samaniego - Flute
*Mark Weaver - Tuba
Trivia
*The album's title, ''
Darkness at Noon
''Darkness at Noon'' (german: link=no, Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by Hungarian-born novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best known work, it is the tale of Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik who is arrested, imprisoned, and tried ...
'', is a reference to the
Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler, (, ; ; hu, Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931, Koestler join ...
novel of the same name.
* The first track, "
Laughter in the Dark", is a reference to the
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...
novel of the same name.
References
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2005 albums
A Hawk and a Hacksaw albums
The Leaf Label albums